Education

Leave schools to the states: This piece argues that extra Commonwealth funding is no excuse for the Commonwealth to intervene more heavily in school education policy.

Safer Internet Day on Tuesday February 6 saw CSIRO visiting Australian schools to educate about internet safety in our increasingly digitalised world.

Australian schools are now wrestling with a new digital technologies curriculum, which teaches the fundamentals of computer science, data science and coding.

Adam Voigt of Real Schools takes a look at what makes students lie and how a change in culture can shift students' focus from 'talking themselves out of trouble' to self-responsibility.

The year ahead: Expect to hear more about year one phonics test; the Gonski 2.0 review, and the Independent Review into Regional, Rural, and Remote Education.

Many of the teachers who started their careers in 2017 will not return to the classroom in 2018. In fact, over 40% of teachers leave the profession within the first five years.

How fair is the award system for year 12 students in Australian schools and does it encourage students to take 'an easy road'? One letter to our NZ editor got us wondering here at School News Australia.

Australian year four students have shown marked improvement in reading literacy outcomes, according to a new international comparative study.

Year 12 Hawker College student, Ineka Voigt, has been selected from more than 8000 entrants across the country as Australia’s Young Historian of the Year.

If the media and politicians are to be believed, our destiny is at the bottom of the educational dung heap, if we don’t immediately “raise standards” and improve our test scores.